Everyday Photography, Every Day
141 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsEveryday Photography (Every Day)" is a weekly podcast where you get to listen in on a chat between a photographer (Rubin) and a regular human (Suzanne Fritz-Hanson) with an eye on making your pictures amazing and helping you enjoy your photography more. No technical stuff. No talk of gear or software. Just photography for the fun of it.
Rubin brings a unique perspective to consumer media: a student of Jerry Uelsmann; an amateur photographer for 40 years; formerly of Lucasfilm, Netflix and Adobe; director of The Rubin Collection of Photography; and founder of Neomodern, he's long been passionate about advancing the language of photography.
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Episodes
139: Elliott Erwitt, with Rick Smolan
February 01, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBThe great photographer Elliott Erwitt passed away last November, but we sat down with his son-in-law, the Internationally acclaimed photographer Rick Smolan, to discuss Erwitt's life and work. Few have had such a close vantage on this inspiration to so many photographers today.
138: "Pure Seeing" and the New Years Episode
January 03, 2024 21:00 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBWhere we catch up and review some travel photography, the definition of photography, the passing of the great Elliott Erwitt, the nature of composition and other various rants.
137: The Great Debate: Pictorialism, Modernism and Generative AI
September 30, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MBWe're joined by professor and photographic artist Ed Bateman, from the University of Utah, to discuss Rubin's issues with "pure seeing" and the 100-years debate about how much modification can you do to a photo before you change it fundamentally.
136: The Hat
August 11, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBWe're back and catching up on workshops, lessons from the summer, Rubin's new camera and, of course, Suzanne's hat.
135: The Very Personal Landscapes from Jason Pettit
March 04, 2023 20:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBEven after only a few years shooting photos, and inspired by the work of Minor White, Guy Tal and Eliot Porter (among others), Jason Pettit produces beautiful and sensitive landscapes. His personal process is inspiring and instructive.
134: Ambiguity in Paris—More Fun with Nina Welch-Kling
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBNina and Rubin meet in Paris and go shooting. Rubin's haiku book is finished and Nina's Duologues book is ready for pre-orders! It's a fun catch up with Welch-Kling! Nina and Rubin discuss their approaches to photography and techniques they use to create meaningful images. They discuss pairing or juxtaposing images to create a story or narrative; They discuss the importance of a shift in scale and the role of adding "magic" or a personal touch to their images. The conversation touches on the ...
133: Dall-E and You, with Dr. Aaron Hertzmann
August 21, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBThe hottest topic in AI is the new "art" creation tool called Dall-E, and after a few weeks of falling down the rabbit hole playing in this new world, and considering the implications on photography (as well as illustration) our hosts invite domain expert Dr. Aaron Hertmann--from Adobe's research team--to explore Dall-E and other aspects of computational photography.
132: Inside Photo Independent with Chris Davies
July 24, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBAs Rubin explores the world of photo fairs, industry leader Chris Davies takes us into Photo Independent, Paris Photo and NFTs. A must-listen episode for photographers starting to sell their work.
131: The Emotional Architecture of Elizabeth Daniels
May 29, 2022 11:30 - 46 minutes - 63.2 MBOn this Memorial Day Weekend show, Suzanne and Rubin get familiar with the twisting photographic journey of LA architectural photographer Elizabeth Daniels. From her unusual college application (which resonates for Rubin) involving Annie Liebowitz, to her friendships and mentorship from many of the great, this is a fun episode!
130: Cartier-Bresson and the Real "Decisive Moment"
May 07, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBSuzanne and Rubin dig into the meaning of "the decisive moment" and how important the concept is for amateur photographers. And then they talk about sculpture.
129: Impossible... with Edward Bateman
April 26, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBA spontaneous gathering with Anne Kelly (of PhotoEye) and photographer and professor Bateman. Ed Bateman teaches at the University of Utah and has been a long-time explorer of time, creativity, photographs and history.
128: Our New Years Show on Photographic Purism
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBOur hosts catch up after a Covid holiday and dig into Rubin's struggles with "pure seeing" photography, as different from inorganic, studio, photographic creations.
127: Discovering Light with Janet Sternburg
October 30, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBSternburg's book of Los Angeles during the lockdown, "I've Been Walking," was just released in the US, so we sat down to hear about the moments that have lead here and her work.
125: "Photographic Haiku" and Zen Arts for Creative Photographers
July 11, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBRubin and Suzanne go over the application of Zen Arts to learning photography, particularly for beginners, and how his workshop has become one of the more popular online courses at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. There's an intersection of haiku and photography, that once understood, will completely shift the way you take and look at pictures.
124: Leaning into Unpredictability: The Dreams of Susan Burnstine
July 03, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBShe builds her cameras. She closes her eyes when she shoots. Susan Burnstine is processing her dreams into haunting and beautiful images--a fascinating photographer. Meet her.
123: Inside Photo-Eye, with Anne Kelly
June 25, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 73 MBFor over 40 years Photo-Eye has been an institution of the photographic arts. Their bookstore and gallery is the stuff of legend. We sat down with Anne Kelly to get the scoop on their history, finding new talent, NFTs (!) and the changing nature of photography.
122: From Ski Bum to Celebrity Photographer: Hang with Jeff Lipsky
April 28, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBHis roster of portraits is amazing--but his career path is inspiring. Meet Jeff Lipsky, who went from Telluride ski bum to Hollywood photographer.
121: Patiently Shooting Celebs (like Prince!) with Deborah Feingold
April 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBHer classic portraits of stars like Madonna and Prince have been popular from The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, People to book covers and movie posters--spend some time meeting the delightful Deborah Feingold.
120: Reid Callanan and the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
April 07, 2021 07:15 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBOur first guest of the season is Reid Callanan, the founder and director of the distinguished Santa Fe Photo and Writing Workshops.
119: Season Four Opener
April 02, 2021 07:00 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBWhere Susan and Rubin catch up briefly on photography and geography, and Rubin debriefs on his first Zen Arts Workshops.
118: The Tenacity of Chris Burkard, Wilderness Photographer
October 22, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBA self-described "blue collar" photographer, Burkard's photos are some of the most beautiful and amazing wilderness images we've ever seen. His work ethic is legend, as his dedication to the environment. His photos, films, books and course are all part of his mission to educate as many people as he can about the wonders he sees on Earth. Meet Chris and be inspired.
117: Discovering Authenticity: Collecting with Michael Shapiro
October 16, 2020 19:00 - 51 minutes - 71 MBFor more than 40 years, Shapiro has been the dealer's dealer -- an expert on midcentury modernism (and partner to the Rubin family in developing our historic collection), we spend some time this episode discussing Robert Frank, Man Ray, Kertesz, Cartier-Bresson and the importance of prints.
116: The Hopeful Photography of Norma I. Quintana
October 07, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBNorma is a fine art photographer whose home—including her art collection, her own analog work, and her camera collection—burned in the Napa fires of 2017. In this episode we discuss the fire and her intimate work.
115: After the Fires
September 23, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBIt's the start of Season 3 and we're warming up, catching up, talking about new projects and my Santa Fe Workshop class with Jason Langer. But yeah, also the fires around Santa Cruz and the real challenges of taking photos of this.
114: The Quirky World of Maggie Taylor
June 14, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBMaggie Taylor is a fine art photographer who transitioned from creating real-world still-life collages into being a master of Photoshop photo montages. Her whimsical creations have been called surreal, but her humor makes them more "quirky".
113: Catching Up: Kertesz, Home Projects
June 07, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 28 MBIn which Suzanne and Rubin review their thoughts on Kertesz and her home project and generally catch up.
112: Inside Kertesz, with Curator Robert Gurbo
May 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBAndre Kertesz had a long and multi-faceted career producing some of the most iconic, modern, and often enigmatic photos in history. His influence is profound, and it was a pleasure to sit down today with Robert Gurbo, curator of the Kertesz estate and domain expert on this fascinating photographer.
111: The Power of Photography, with Gallerist Peter Fetterman
May 21, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBPeter Fetterman offers rich insights into photography collecting and being collected, and the sheer magic in great photographs. As one of the pre-eminent gallerists of photography for decades, his delightful personal tales about the artists is a joy. “What is a photo? I see an image… and i am changed by it; I’m incredibly moved by it. I’m haunted by it. I have to possess it. I learn something from it. I breathe it. I want it to be inside me. That’s a photo to me.” -- Peter Fetterman
110: Projects in Quarantine
May 14, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBHere's a short episode where we go over a few projects you can do at home, with no supplies but a phone, and practice key skills that will make your pictures better.
109: The Photographer of Santa Cruz, Shmuel Thaler
May 07, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBIt's hard to think about photography in Santa Cruz without discovering Shmuel Thaler, the leading photojournalist at the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He's been documenting the community since the late 1980s: from earthquakes and fires, to surfers and dancers—the fabric and heart of the town.
108: Masterskills from Jeff Carlson
April 25, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBJeff Carlson has written an astonishing array of books over his career, explaining a range of creative and technical topics—perhaps 20 of them related to photography. His newest book on Luminar4 is out this week, so it seemed a great time to say hi and hear what driving him!
107: The Duologues of Nina Kling
April 17, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBI'd never heard the term "rhyme" used so perfectly to describe a visual experience before... but the wonderful pairings NYC photographer Nina Kling are delightful, mysterious, and enormously satisfying.
106: A Walk Down Memory Lane with Angelica Glass
March 29, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBAngelica Glass decided on a whim to walk the length of every street in the county of Santa Cruz. Over the course of five and a half years, she walked all of the 4,121 streets in the county. After that, she continued the project in the form of walking every trail in the county. She took photos on each street and chose one to represent each street/trail and through this project fell in love with photography.
105: Life in Captivity: Free Workshops on Photography
March 20, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBIt's a bleak time for many, and insane stress for us all -- but there are a few advantages to being forced to stay in. Rubin has converted Neomodern.com from a retail business to a free program of projects to build people's photographic skills: not tech skills but creative ones. Using the content from his Zen Arts curriculum, he's posting daily projects designed to help folks stuck at home.
104: Photography as a Zen Art
March 02, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBRubin formally declares his upcoming book for beginners and pros -- finding a philosophical foundation for his disparate feelings about creative picture taking: the Zen Arts. There are lessons from haiku, kintsugi, enso, ikebana, bonsai and origami (and the principles of wabi-sabi) if you know how to find them. Not how to use photography to practice zen, but how to use zen arts to get better at photography! His recent Petapixel article on the subject is discussed, as is a pair of workshops in...
103: Zero-Prep Shoot, a Valentine's Special
February 14, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode Suzanne grills Rubin on a recent shoot he did that he described as unusually good--what would make one shoot notably different or better than the hundreds that have gone before? Rubin discusses his improvisational approach and digs into some of the issues of being a hetrosexual man who frequently photographs women.
102: The Six Types of Photographers
February 09, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBAfter Rubin's Petapixel essay went viral a few weeks ago, he's been digging into photographic fundamentals; Suzanne and Rubin dig into the ways we compose and how it interacts with our basic tendencies. The show is practically therapy.
101: Natural Harmony with Foto Kammer (NSFW)
February 01, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 55 MBOur first anonymous guest, who has a day job in Silicon Valley, but has an alter ego, Foto-Kammer, who shoots luscious landscapes and nudes, and whose work explores the natural harmony of humans in the landscape.
101: Natural Harmony with Foto Kammer
February 01, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 55 MBOur first anonymous guest, who has a day job in Silicon Valley, but has an alter ego, Foto-Kammer, who shoots luscious landscapes and nudes, and whose work explores the natural harmony of humans in the landscape.
100: Shiva and her Nudes
January 25, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBAfter a career as a fine art nude model, Shiva Sharifi today photographs nude and boudoir as well as organizes workshops to introduce photographers to this specialty, coordinating models and students in great settings. She has a wealth of experiences on both sides of the camera in this domain.
99: Creativity and the Creative Process
January 18, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBIt's the 99th episode, and Suzanne and Rubin catch up on holiday events, the state of their photography, and Neomodern's current Kickstarter project for a new kind of photographer's frame.
98: Mysterious Stories of "Everyman" Stephan Sheffield
December 28, 2019 16:00 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBIt's our New Years Show and we're joined by photographer and professor Stephan Sheffield. He describes his whimsical and noirish "selfies" as "more fun than deep" -- still his "Everyman" photos are a curious exploration of photographic storytelling. He's also turned his photographic work into a family project with his young sons. He has some thoughts for new photographers...
97: TWIP and Fred Van Johnson
December 21, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBFor almost 8 years, "This Week in Photo" (TWIP) has been the go-to podcast for photo enthusiasts, lead by industry (and real) veteran Fred Van Johnson. Fred was not only a conflict photographer for the military, but later had stints at Yahoo, Apple and Adobe.
96: Nate in the Wild
December 15, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBNate Luebbe is a commercial photographer who specializes in the wilderness. He has made a career out of going hiking and skiing and camping—with his camera—and by all accounts, is living the life. How does a guy go from the beer industry to professional photographer, shooting auroras in Norway and teaching classes across the country?
95: The Rubin Opening: One Print Only
December 08, 2019 08:00 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBSuzanne gets a preview of a rare Rubin show, with prints from four of his favorite projects: Nudes, San Francisco, Tikun Olam, and Alcatraz Windows. And somewhere in the conversation they're joined by Lorna Rubin, mother, publisher, and conspirator in the creation of the Rubin Photographic Collection, which she discusses, along with her parenting tips.
94: Exploring themes, with Howie Schatz
December 05, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBSchatz walked away from a successful career as a doctor to pursue his dream of being an artist, and he's never looked back. Schatz' work over the years as a studio photographer has thoughtfully drilled into a number of creative themes -- from "redheads" to "homeless", "powerful women" to "the shape of the NFL." Meet the former ophthalmologist on his visit to San Francisco this week.
93: Thankful for the Influence of Jerry Uelsmann
November 28, 2019 08:00 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBJerry Uelsmann has taught thousands of students about photography; he's in the collections worldwide, but his unusual creative styles were key influences for the Rubin's collection and photography. Even if you don't want to make photographic collages, Uelsmann's approach can be instructive. Listen. (And Happy Thanksgiving!! )
92: The Hobby of Photography
November 24, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBBeing an "amateur" doesn't mean your photography is lousy, it means you're doing it for the love of it. Maybe you have a regular job, or just enjoy taking pictures, in this episode we discuss what it means to be a hobbyist and dig into a few photos to discuss the flow. And we finally have our audio recording under control!
91: The Passions of Asa
November 21, 2019 08:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBHis rare photo of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs together could very well fund his vision of a photographic camp for kids -- come meet Asa Mathat, the consummate pro. He's shot hundreds of the most accomplished humans in the world--at TED, EG, D-Conf and other exclusive conferences, and brings distinctive creativity and deep humanity, to every unique shot. (Audio issues are ours, and have since been solved.)